# The Feud: Stephen King by Candide \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 13, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170 "2011-04-13T00:50:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/41 "2011-04-15T13:56:45Z")
bump ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/42 "2011-04-15T14:34:49Z")
1. Pennywise 2. Stand By Me 3. Carrie (the remake) 4. Nick Andros 5. Dolores Claiborne 6. The Body 7. Running Man 8. Salem’s Lot 9. Jack Nicholson 10. Kathy Bates ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/43 "2011-04-15T14:48:59Z")
1. The Clown from IT 2. Stand By Me 3. The Running Man 4. Roland Deschain 5. Anne Wilkes (from Misery) 6. Rage 7. Rage 8. ??? 9. Morgan Freeman 10. Kathy Bates ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/44 "2011-04-15T18:26:04Z")
I really wish I’d thought of Pennywise. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/45 "2011-04-15T18:53:51Z")
1. The Crimson King 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Maximum Overdrive 4. Stu Redman 5. Annie Wilkes 6. The Jaunt 7. The Running Man 8. Jerusalem’s Lot 9. Jack Nicholson 10. Kathy Bates 11. Can’t remember the full title. Kept waffling between it and The Shining. Went with it, because as likely as it is to get a bunch of hits, I just don’t LIKE The Shining. 12. Lots of competition, but I think it takes the cake. 13. Jesus, I hope I spelt his name right. 14. My favourite is Autopsy Room Four, but The Jaunt gets too much love here for me not to say it. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/46 "2011-04-15T18:54:53Z")
Good god…Pennywise? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/47 "2011-04-16T01:26:33Z")
1. Pennywise 2. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption 3. The Lawnmower Man 4. Nick Andros 5. Charlie McGee 6. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption 7. Thinner 8. Derry 9. Tim Robbins 10. Kathy Bates ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/48 "2011-04-16T02:32:02Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Good god…Pennywise? ? Care to explain your incredulousness? ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/49 "2011-04-16T02:44:19Z")
1. Pennywise from _It_ 2. Dolores Claiborne 3. The Stand 4. Alan Pangborn (That sheriff from Castle Rock) 5. Vera 6. Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption 7. Rage 8. pass 9. Wil Wheaton 10. Kathy Bates ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/50 "2011-04-16T02:46:47Z")
> [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](#): > > …2. Dolores Claiborne > … Delores Claiborne was made into a movie? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/51 "2011-04-16T03:50:22Z")
[Yep.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109642/) ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/52 "2011-04-16T04:20:36Z")
1. George Stark 2. The Stand 3. Kubrik’s The Shining 4. Eddie Dean 5. Jessie Burlingam 6. The Body 7. The Long Walk 8. Derry 9. Johnny Depp 10. Kathy Bates ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/53 "2011-04-16T05:13:42Z")
I haven’t read enough of King’s books to participate, but I want so share some love for one of his later short stories - “All That You Love Will Be Carried Away” Also, if you’ve never listened to SK on audiobook, I highly recommend it. He is one of the most listenable authors I’ve heard, and I think that’s where his true genius is shown. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/54 "2011-04-16T09:53:08Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > ? > > Care to explain your incredulousness? I honestly don’t find the ‘scary clown’ thing to be that scary to begin with, and Pennywise never struck me as a particularly scary incarnation of it. (But then, I haven’t actually read the book, just seen the TV miniseries - the book probably makes him more scary.) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/55 "2011-04-16T13:08:20Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Good god…Pennywise? > [@Rebo](#): > > ? > > Care to explain your incredulousness? Yeah, a creepy looking clown that pulled little kids into the sewers, calls you on the phone to torment you, hides under your bed, appears out of nowhere with balloons full of blood, or can transform into your worst nightmare isn’t scary at all. ETA The worst fim was The Langoliers. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/56 "2011-04-16T22:00:29Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > [Yep.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109642/) I did not put a space in front of no.7. Mistyped. Should I resubmit? ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/57 "2011-04-16T22:12:54Z")
1. Pennywise the Clown 2. The Body/Stand By Me 3. The Stand 4. Stu Redman 5. Delores Claiborne 6. The Mist 7. The Long Walk 8. Derry 9. Tom Hanks 10. Sissy Spacek ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/58 "2011-04-16T22:26:16Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > I honestly don’t find the ‘scary clown’ thing to be that scary to begin with, and Pennywise never struck me as a particularly scary incarnation of it. > > (But then, I haven’t actually read the book, just seen the TV miniseries - the book probably makes him more scary.) The TV miniseries suffered from being a TV miniseries, with its low budget and its limitations on what level of gruesomeness you can show on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/59 "2011-04-16T22:31:34Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > I did not put a space in front of no.7. Mistyped. Should I resubmit? No. I can live with typos. Thanks for asking! ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170/60 "2011-04-16T23:28:38Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > I honestly don’t find the ‘scary clown’ thing to be that scary to begin with, and Pennywise never struck me as a particularly scary incarnation of it. > > (But then, I haven’t actually read the book, just seen the TV miniseries - the book probably makes him more scary.) There’s a reason that I picked “It” for worst translation to screen. There are some things that just can’t be translated from book to screen, and It is one of them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-stephen-king-by-candide-game-over/578170.md?page=4)